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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome Mr. Barry. He is still chairman designate but I am sure his appointment will prove to be very appropriate. I raised the issue of the multiplicity of boards associated with the hospital at the committee's meeting with representatives from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board when it became obvious that there were some cost overruns. Interaction between those boards...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: That supplementary is a safe bet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome our guests to discuss this important subject. I have taken a particular interest over the years in cancer research, and particularly statistics. The correct statistical information gives an idea where attention should be directed. In recent times, it has not been possible to get this information through parliamentary questions, whereas it had been in the past. Now we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: How do those numbers-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I am aware of that, but I have been here since 9 o'clock this morning. Has there been any comparison between those who have had the benefit of early diagnosis and those who have not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the witnesses for attending and for the work in which they have been involved. I wish to take up on one or two points from the previous session. Clinical trials are not as readily available outside Dublin and Cork. What is the reason for that? What about Limerick, Waterford, Galway and Letterkenny? Surely trials should be spread across the country in an even-handed way. Do the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: While I am not an economist, I have spent much of my political life apologising to economists. The important aspect of debt is that it must be kept at a certain level relative to GDP, GNP or whatever measurement one is using, but that ratio has changed dramatically as a result of good management. If steps that were taken at great cost to the health services and across the board had not been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: We encourage that sort of thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: That is important. As I indicated, I have another question but I will wait until the end of the discussion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Several years ago, I mounted a campaign for increased laboratory facilities. We need enhanced laboratory facilities that are adequate to meet the present and growing population, which we do not currently have. It should be an urgent objective, particularly in the light of the cervical tests and the delays associated with them. We know that the practices were wrong because there was a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The Garda Síochána (compensation) Bill has been promised for some time. I understand that the heads of the Bill were approved in 2017. When is it likely to come before the House?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Preparations (26 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the provisions made by his Department to offset a Brexit crash-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13991/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (26 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provisions in place to facilitate the agrifood sector in the aftermath of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13992/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (26 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 127. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of former members of the Defence Forces that were awarded damages in respect of injuries received while in the Defence Forces who have had their pension entitlements restricted thereafter on the basis that they had received an award in court; if this practice is generally in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (26 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in the determination of an application for a passport via the foreign births registration process in the case of a person (details supplied); when the application is likely to concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13395/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (26 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an appeal for a long-stay visa in the case of a person (details supplied); when the appeal will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12855/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (26 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a proposal and application pursuant to the Irish refugee protection programme, humanitarian admissions programme, IHAP, in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13015/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (26 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for a travel document in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13178/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13182/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when residency status will be updated in the case of a person (details supplied); if the appropriate procedure for same will be outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13188/19]